(08 May 2015, 10:23 pm)leestransportphotos wrote At least he stood by his word...

(08 May 2015, 10:23 pm)leestransportphotos wrote At least he stood by his word...

(08 May 2015, 10:26 pm)aureolin wrote He hasn't though? He's not really resigned, because he has said he'd consider running in their leadership contest come September?  

(08 May 2015, 10:26 pm)MrFozz wrote Will give the man that...

But he may be back, I am sure he said he migt stand in the leadership election...

Nuttall must feel like a knob right now when he said 'I guarantee you there will be more than 2 UKIP members elected

(08 May 2015, 10:27 pm)leestransportphotos wrote He still resigned at the end of the day

(08 May 2015, 10:32 pm)aureolin wrote His words - "If we'd failed in the European elections I would have stood down, if we fail next year the party will pick someone better than me, but do you know what? That ain't going to happen."


How is he keeping his word based on that? If you stand down, you do exactly that, and you walk away.

(08 May 2015, 10:34 pm)leestransportphotos wrote Yes and he has resigned! Just like if a premier league manager resigns. There is nothing saying he can't come back.

I'm not sure what your political views are but let's just say Labour... I'm pretty sure you wouldn't say this if it was Ed Milliband

(09 May 2015, 12:02 am)idiot wrote Isn't Farage an MEP? Or have I missed something?

(09 May 2015, 12:07 am)idiot wrote Ah ok. I was just about to look on wiki lol

(10 May 2015, 8:39 am)mb134 wrote Seems there were "riots" in London yesterday against the Conservative government, with their main argument being that only 37(?)% of those that voted, voted Conservative. 


Also found the following petition:
https://www.change.org/p/david-cameron-reform-our-voting-system-to-make-it-fair-and-representative-makeseatsmatchvotes?source_location=trending_petitions_home_page&algorithm=curated_trending

(10 May 2015, 5:52 pm)Andreos1 wrote Details of the planned cuts.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/100-days-tory-cuts-carnage-5671068#ICID=sharebar_twitter

I have a feeling, this is only the beginning.

(10 May 2015, 5:52 pm)Andreos1 wrote Details of the planned cuts.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/100-days-tory-cuts-carnage-5671068#ICID=sharebar_twitter

I have a feeling, this is only the beginning.

(10 May 2015, 6:34 pm)citaro5284 wrote Coming from a labour paper I would not expect anything else, has these cuts been announced for sure?

(10 May 2015, 6:03 pm)aureolin wrote Of course it's only he beginning, but I really do fear. 

They may get a round of applause at their annual conference when they announce plans to trample all over families relying on benefits, a lot of which are actually in work but low waged, but it's the kids that lose out. If having so many people reliant on food banks isn't enough, they're now going to drag even more children into poverty.

What next? Ah, the disabled and the vulnerable. An easy target for the spiteful Tories to have another swipe or two at those, they perceive, can't (or won't) fight back. Lets see how many more deaths there are at the result of their evil policies. 

The real problem with this lot is that they won't be beaten. If anyone dares to put up a challenge to them, then they'll use their power to change the law to retrospectively fix it or make sure it won't happen again. We seen that with the workfare court cases, not to mention the relentless attacks on activists in the civil service.

(10 May 2015, 6:34 pm)citaro5284 wrote Coming from a labour paper I would not expect anything else, has these cuts been announced for sure?

(13 May 2015, 11:12 am)Andreos1 wrote It appears one or two people in Brighton may have been reading this forum and may have taken inspiration from the organisation and place [b]we aren't allowed to mention[back

http://5v www.theguardian.com/uk-news/shortcuts/2015/may/12/britains-latest-breakaway-nation-peoples-republic-brighton-hove

(16 May 2015, 9:28 am)Andreos1 wrote http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/may/15/blairites-new-labour-aspiration

A canny read, on the re-appearance of Blairites over the last week

(16 May 2015, 11:49 am)MurdnunoC wrote Personally, I don't think a return to the Tory-lite, 'Blue Labour' days is what the party needs. I don't think there was anything wrong with the message Ed Miliband was trying to advance. The problem lay with the appeal of Ed Miliband.

(16 May 2015, 9:45 pm)aureolin wrote Jim Murphy takes a parting shot at McCluskey.
http://news.sky.com/story/1485277/resigning-murphy-declares-war-on-union-boss

(16 May 2015, 10:00 pm)MurdnunoC wrote Caught this on the radio before along with all the pro-Blairite nonsense emanating from the Progress conference. 

It will all end in tears. 

(16 May 2015, 10:29 pm)aureolin wrote Labour is in real turmoil at the moment, and I just hope the members select a strong enough candidate to take the party forward. Like Andreos1, I was pleased that Chuka pulled out the race for the leadership. Although very highly rated within, to me, he represents the New (blue) Labour years. For the Labour party to be a force again, it needs to offer a clear alternative, not a lesser form of Conservatism. 

On the issue of Murphy/McCluskey/Unite... if I'm honest, I'm really surprised that Unite haven't made noises about de-affiliation yet. I'll give them a year or two before that one comes up, because I really don't think there's any benefit to Unite from the relationship. The Labour Party won't even support their action these days. If Unite de-affiliate, then others will follow suit.